Wayne County Woman Found Murdered

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FREMONT — A Fremont woman was found murdered Tuesday afternoon.

Details are sketchy, but WRAL-TV5 News has learned that 76-year-old Molly Ellis was found dead in Fremont late Tuesday afternoon. Officials aren't saying where she was found or exactly how she died, but they are investigating the death as a homicide.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department said that Ellis had been missing for a few days.

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